India is the second-largest smartphone market across the globe. Every smartphone brand tries to gain a large amount of share in the Indian market by bringing excellent products at lesser pricing.
Meanwhile, as per the new information, two industry sources said that the key growth market has suspended approval of the import of Chinese devices that contains WiFi modules in the past few months.
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Including Xiaomi, this hold-up caused other Chinese companies such as – OPPO, Vivo, and Lenovo as well. Also, the American PC manufacturers Dell and HP are affected to delay their product launches in the region.
Moreover, the Communications Ministry’s Wireless Planning and Coordination (WPC) Wing has denied approval somewhere in November. The list covers all the products that include WiFi modules such as – Bluetooth speakers, wireless earphones, smartphones, smartwatches, and laptops.
It is said that since November, more than 80 such applications by U.S., Chinese and Korean firms have been pending with the WPC. Even applications from some Indian firms, which bring in some finished products from China, are awaiting WPC approval.
One of the sources added that “the government’s idea is to push companies to manufacture these products in India. But tech companies are caught in a difficult situation – making in India would mean big-ticket investments and a long wait for returns, on the other hand, the government-imposed hurdle on imports means a potential loss of revenues.”
